Trussed Roof With Non Load Bearing Walls

For example a gable end truss may be designed with support members that transmit the roof weight load outward to the side walls allowing the end wall directly below it to have breaks or openings in it that would otherwise be impossible.

Trussed roof with non load bearing walls.

A truss roof is a type of roof construction used commonly today through out residential construction. The lateral forces are generally controlled with the gable wall being fixed to the trusses which are braced to prevent any movement then gable studs are installed and fixed to the truss. Load bearing interior wall under truss roof. I ve never seen a 30 truss that needed intermediate bearing but i can t say that it has never happened.

That is the beauty of trusses. To enable the roof truss to deflect under loads nails to the truss must be installed at the top of the slotted holes and not hammered home to allow a loose fit only. Technically the interior partition walls shouldn t even be touching the truss bottom cord during rough in but they usually are. There is no roof load on the gable end walls.

If there is a truss over the wall the wall is probably not load bearing since the truss bears the load. Trusses unless a special girder truss which accepts the loads of attached trusses have no interior load bearing walls. Internal wall brackets are used to connect internal non loadbearing walls to roof trusses at maximum 1800mm centres. If there is a column that supports the truss found in the wall the wall still would not be load bearing because the column is taking the load.